Banana-stand.



H. F. ROYSR BANANA STAND.

AYPLIOATION FILED DE(J.-28, 1912.

1,0?8,804, Patented Nov. 18,1913.

HARVEY ll. ROYSE, PERRYSVILLE, INDIANA.

BANANA-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 28, 1912.

Patented Nov. 18,1913.

Serial No. 739,161.

1'0 all whom it may 00" "em:

Be it known that l, HARvnY F. Rorsn, citizen of the United States,residing at Per- -rysville, in the county of Vermilion and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBanana-Stands, ofwhich the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in display standsand the object of my invention is to provide a novel form of stand forsupporting and displaying bananas, although the same may be used fordisplaying clothing or other articles desired.

A further object of my invention is to provide a display stand whichwill be extremely simple in construction and which may be positionedeither from the floor or counter in the store or moved outside of thestore to display the fruit and which is so arranged. that it may bemoved when the fruit is in place.

Heretofore it has been customary to dis-' play bananas by hanging thebunch from the ceiling or other suitable support by a rope, the fruitthus displayed being in the way and being continually jostled againstand bruised with the result that it rapidly decays and all juice andwaste from the fruit drips upon-the floor and soils the same.

A further object of my. invention is to provide a display stand whichwill protect the fruit from injury and which is provided with a drip panadapted to receive all drippings therefrom.

With these and other objects in view, my

invention will be more fully described, illus 'trated in theaccompanying drawing, and

then specifically pointed out in the claims which are attached-to, andform a part of this application.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved displaystand; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken at a pointintermediate the two brace hoops and looking toward the bottom of thestand, this view being shown upon an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig.2.-

Corresponding and like parts'are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the samereference characters.

The preferred embodiment of my invention includes a rear supportingstandard 10 and forward supporting standards 11 and 12, allsymmetrically spaced from each other of the forward standards 11 and 12are braced together and held in proper spaced relation by a brace 14,the ends of which are riveted or otherwise secured to the standards, asshown at 15. The supporting standard 10 is straight throughout itslength with the exception of its foot, whilethe forward supportingstandards 11 and 12 have their upper ends bent rearwardly and outwardlyand then inwardly to engage against opposite portions of the rearstandard 10 to which they are secured by rivets or other fasteningdevices 16,thesc curved portions being designated in the drawing by thenumerals 17 and 18. The main body of the stand, thus formed, is furtherstrengthened and braced by a pair of hoop sections 19 and 20, the endsof which are bent laterally as shown at 21 and secured to the rear facesof the forward standards 11 and 12 by rivets 22, while the intermediateportions of the hoop sections engage against the rear edge of the rearstandard 10 and are bent inwardly upon either side thereof to surroundthe standard upon three sides as shown at 23, being secured in place byrivets 24. By this means, the display stand is properly stiffened andbraced and at the same time the rearwardly curved arms 17 and 18 andhoop sections 19 and 20 form guards for the fruit or other articlessupported by the stand. A hook 25 is provided with a laterally directedshank having a downturned bifurcated portion 26, the members of whichare positioned one upon either side of the upper endof the rear standard10, bolts or rivets 27 being passed through said members and thestandard to firmly secure the hooked shank in place with i the hookcentrally disposed above the top of the stand. The bunch of bananas tobe displayed may'bc suspended directly upon this hook by forcing thehook through the stem or may be suspended by a short cord, as.

preferred.

In order to provide means for catching all drippings from the fruit Iprovide a drip pan 28, preferably forme of relatively light sheet metaland so shaped and proportioned that it may be readily passed betweentheforward standards and seated upon pins 29 extending from the inner facesof the stand ards .10, 11 and 12.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that I haveconstructed an exwith their lower ends bent outwardly toform supportlngfeet 13. The lower portions I tremely simple and effective form of standterial or to the exact details of construction illustrated anddescribed, as various minor changes within the scope of my claims, maybe made at any time, without in the slightest degree departing fromthespirit of my invention. For instance, the standard 10 and hook 25 may beintegrally formed, if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A display'standincluding a vertically disposedstraight rear standardand a pair ofvertically disposed forward standards, all of saidstandards being symmetrically spaced apart, the upper end portions ofthe forward standards being bent rearwardly and outwardly and theninwardly and secured by their free ends to opposite sides of the rearstandard adjacent its upper end, hoop sections secured by their ends tothe rear faces of the forward standards and hearing rear edge of therear standard, said hoop sections being bent inwardly adjacent the rearstandard to bear against the sides thereof, fastening devices passedthrough said inbent portionsv and through the rear stand-' ard to securethe hoop sections in place, a drip pan mounted between the standards,and a forwardly directed hook carried by the upper end of the rearstandard.

2. A display stand including a straight vertically disposed rearstandard and a pair of vertically disposed forward standards, all ofsaid standards being symmetrically spaced apart, hoop sections securedby their ends to the forward standards and by their intermediateportions to the rear standards and lying in spaced horizontal planes, anin clined hoo section'above t e previouslymentioned oop sections formedby bendin the upper end portions of the forwar standards rearwardly andoutwardly and then inwardly and securing same to the rear standardadjacent its upper end, and a forwardly directed hook carried by theupper end of the rear standard and. extending in central position withrespect to the three standards.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.HARVEY F. ROYSE. [Ls] \Vitnesses:

E. B. Rorsn, L. B. BREWER.

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